| Title |
Earl S. Jarrett, Nephi, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, November 7, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape no. 632 |
| Alternative Title |
Earl S. Jarrett, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Jarrett, Earl S., 1925-2012 |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin J.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-11-07 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Philippines; Okinawa, Japan |
| Subject |
Jarrett, Earl S., 1925-2012--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (75 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Earl S. Jarrett on November 7, 2002. From tape number 632 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Jarrett (b. 1925) was born in Nephi, Utah, and had a rural childhood, working on his father's farm. There were eight children in his family, all in a small two room house with no electricity or running water. Mr. Jarrett married in March of 1944, knowing that he would probably have to go into the service. He began his military service in August of 1944. After basic training and training as a basic infantryman, he was sent to Leyte Island, The Philippines. He fought against almost no resistance. Next he went to Ie Shima, where again there wasn't much resistance and then to Okinawa where there was very strong resistance. He was wounded on his 30th day on Okinawa and evacuated to, first Hawaii and then to San Francisco, CA. He was separated from the service in September 1945. Mr. Jarrett goes into some detail about his reflections at the end of the war, and about actions he'd participated in. He was also affected by the war for many years. Interviewed by Benjamin Bahlmann. 75 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
75 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s66995m1 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034517 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66995m1 |
| Title |
Page 52 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034492 |
| OCR Text |
Show EARL . JARRETT B R 7, 2002 One of them said "Well it's your funeral. I said, Okay it s my fun ral; w 11 hav it my way." And he told the ward boy he said,' Take it off." Because they didn't have th facilities, they was going to operate on me to clean them out and all. I m laying on there at 12:00 or 12:20, the chow bell rang, I was on the operating table and the doctor said, "Just stay right there. I've got to go to chow." I couldn't get off. I thought, what the hell? I did. I stayed right there till he went and eat and come back and cleaned it out and bandaged it up. BB: Was it broken? ESJ: Yes, but not bad. It wasn't a compound fracture; it was just broke. Then in this hospital bed-I'm kind of getting ahead of myself here-it was a big tent with cots lined down both sides, one of these sixteen by thirty-twos. I don't know whether you ever seen them or put one up or not. But they're lined down each side, then the ward boy or the doctors could get down the middle and check on them. So I laid there and you're a nervous wreck anyway; I couldn't sleep. And then the guy had been hit in the head, who was just down a couple of beds from me, he's cuckoo. And he'd go out and come falling in through the back of the tent and this and that, you know. Gone twice during the night. God, it was enough to drive you crazy; you didn't know who in the hell was coming in or what. So that was a helluva night. BB: So even though you're off the front line, you're still very nervous? ESJ: Oh, hell, I'll say. I'm still nervous. I don't know how to explain it. I wasn't able to talk about it for years and years. I told you more here today than I ever told my wife. For a long time after I come home, if she just moved a little or bumped me, I'd flail out of bed, you know, because my nerves was so damn bad. So if she went to tend the kids, she 51 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66995m1/1034492 |
